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medical department 165 If any In-Patient Dresser is by any cause prevented from attending temporarily to bis duties he shall provide sub- stitute approved by the Surgeon under whom he is serving House Surgeon -He shall be Member of the College of Surgeons and shall have served to the satisfaction of the surgeons the offices of Out and In-Patient Dresser for the full period of six months each He shall previously to his appointment produce certificate of moral character to the satisfaction of the Committee of Management He shall before entering into office pay the sum of 30 for board and lodging during his six months' residence in the Hospital The examination shall be both viva voce and written-the former in Anatomy and the application of Surgical Apparatus the latter in Surgery and Materia Medica including Toxi- cology The most proficient candidate shall be elected The House Surgeon shall visit the surgical wards daily between ten and twelve accompany the surgeon during his visit and prescribe under his direction shall see such patients in the evening as he may think necessary and shall be responsible for the proper management and dressing of all the surgical cases The instruments and surgical apparatus shall be in his charge and he shall make Monthly Report of their condition to the Medical Committee He shall superintend the necessary preparations for and be present at all operations He shall give early notice of all important operations to the medical officers by filling up and transmit- ting the printed forms prepared for that purpose If the House Surgeon is by any cause prevented from attending temporarily to his duties he shall provide sub- stitute approved by the Surgeons of the Hospital Assistant House Surgeon -This officer will not reside in the Hospital His duties are To supply the place of the Resident House Surgeon during his necessary absence and to assist him when required To conduct all post-mortem inspections to make chemical and microscopical examina- tions to enter in post-mortem book the most important par-